Learning Communities
Understanding the "real world" requires integrating knowledge from different points of view. Learning Communities link two or more courses and foster integrated understanding and competencies. Students in Learning Communities get to know their professors and other students even better than they would by taking the courses alone. Learning Communities provide multiple credits and fulfill several degree designations for the Associate of Arts & Science degree.
Fall 2008 - Engineering and Public Speaking (AP/IS credit)
This learning community course is designed to introduce students to the fundamentals of both practical engineering and speech communication. The 6 credit course will be taught by engineering and communications faculty. The practical engineering elements of the course will be enhanced by 4 hours of volunteering with Habitat for Humanity and on-site “job shadowing” with a practicing engineer. The presentation/communication component of the class will culminate in the preparation of an “Engineering Day” at UW Fox, where class members will promote the idea of a career in engineering to local elementary school children.
- COM 103-05 MWF 9-9:50AM 3 credits, and
- EGR 105 MWF 10-10:50AM 3 credits
Fall 2008 - LEC 100 First-Year Retreat: Fox in the Woods (EL/IS credit)
How are issues of sustainability and the environment viewed by students, academics and professionals from different walks of life?We will kick off this semester-long course with a weekend retreat to the woods of northern Wisconsin where we will learn aboutsustainability, the environment and the role of students and scholars in research and inquiry.Weekly discussions will deepen our understanding and skills. This pilot project Learning Communityis recommendedfor students who are interested in environmental issues or wish to major in science or business related fields.
- LEC 100-08 F 12-1:15PM 3 credits, or
- LEC 100-09 F 12-1:15PM 3 credits, or
- LEC 100-10 F 12-1:15PM 3 credits
Spring 2009 - Reading and Writing About Feminist Philosophy
(HU/IS and Women’s Studies credit)
This Learning Community is designed to introduce students to the development of feminism as a philosophical movement and to acquaint them with contemporary feminist issues and thought (please see the accompanying syllabus for Philosophy 202 for a more detailed description of Philosophy 202 objectives). Additionally, the Learning Community will provide students with the opportunity to explore Feminist Philosophy and Composition II course concepts with greater depth and breadth than a traditional three-credit course format generally affords by providing practical application for research strategies and approaches, a contextual application of research in writing, and extended research and discussion of philosophical concepts. Students will conduct a research project in Feminist Philosophy, and report those findings following the conventions of their discourse community in both written and oral formats. Finally, students will hone their library research and critical thinking skills as they are asked to identify and explore a specific feminist philosophy concept by researching the concept’s origins, historical and contemporary development, support and opposition, and real-life ramifications.
- ENG 102-09 TTh 10:50-12:05PM 3 credits, and
- PHI 202-01 MW 1:30-2:45PM 3 credits, and
- INT 290-01 W 2:45-3:35PM 1 credit